Watch Talks With Ben Clymer, Founder Of Hodinkee

Today marks a special day as we had the privilege of interviewing Ben Clymer, the founder of Hodinkee. Ben and Hodinkee have always been our guiding light; his vision and passion have inspired all of us and driven us to create Perpetual Passion.

Meeting Ben in Geneva, we discussed the latest trends from Watches & Wonders, analyzed the industry's evolution over the past 15 years, and shared conversations as only two true enthusiasts can. We are incredibly proud and excited to have hosted Ben Clymer in our Watch Talks today.

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[freshwaterfishman]

I think this interview points to the way forward for Hodinkee, no more Talking Watches with newly wealthy sports stars with their vulgar watch collection spread over the table, rather sensible conversation about watches and the industry with a quick reference to what the interviewee is wearing.

[paulw]

I rather like Ben Clymer, and although Hodinkee may have lost its way slightly he has made a huge contribution to the growth of watch collecting and indeed watch making.

[coronetmag]

Well done, Matteo! I really enjoyed the interview.

[Steve-ov]

Hodinkee was, is, a success because of Clymer. The probably put his life and soul to get the company to get where it is.

[albertomoro]

Come dico sempre, siete ormai rimasti in due o tre YouTuber italiani credibili. Bravi 👏 ❤

[mariomendoza]

Great talk!,
loved to hear about Cartier's hype & current collecting trends.
As a watch fan, I enjoy more design & the piece's history than its complication or value.

[Joe-xoxy]

@Ben and @Perpetual Passion, I was introduced into watches by Hodinkee, T&H, WatchBox or Watchuwant and so on but my journey has only really just taken off and I am in such a great mental state thanks to the great media outlets and most notably Hodinkee. Watch collecting is more than a personal statement, it is academic from what I have come to learn, people wonder why I am dying to get a simple moon swatch, from an academic stand point and thanks to all the info out there, I know it is very similar to the first wave of quartz watches swatch made to save the industry, so, academics, education, style, passion for art all come into the hobby and it should be that way for the long term health of the hobby, We lost our way to a certain degree and as mentioned by another commentator, athletes and other high profile individuals with no substance became advocates.

[sutats]

Nice chat with one of the modern stalwarts of horology.

[JackP-tr]

I hope to have the bank account to support casually buying anything “platinum” one day. Great job Ben 👍

[sdm]

I love the “Talking to” videos on YouTube but I feel they need to focus more on collectors and not celebrities. I want to know why they bought the watch, what they looked for, how they found it etc

[grokker]

"Those guys" are offered to buy those watches for retail, so owning 14 APs costs them 2-400K, which for someone worth hundreds of millions is like $2-4K for a commoner. So, dont get it twisted, Ben.

[andresduarte]

Sorry for the ignorance but, what bracelet are you wearing? it is so beautiful

[nikkimiddlekillsday]

3:33 speak for yourself Ben because I DEFINITELY NEED watches

[everydaynormalguy]

Can someone tell me how Hodinkee lost its way and what they mean by it? I’m not familiar with their history

[animarku]

Ben is wearing Rexhep Rexhepi with baguette hour markets

[Joe-xoxy]

I do not think the older collectors are unhappy that a big wave of ppl are now into watches, I am very sure it is the big jump in prices that we see all across the board that has sort of brought an unethical side to a hobby that SHOULD be some what about passion and fun. However, I do think from my growing up as a collector watching Hodinkee talking watches, we were brought into a world were vintage watches that were the staple of the community were already at very steep prices. With my experience and memory, I think prices for so many watches have stagnated and I think it has done us new collectors a favor, the steep prices we saw over the last few years were from personalities trying to move prices on a very narrow set of watches such as new independents and the main stream pieces like Rolex, AP and so on. However, as I stated above, vintage watches in my opinion were already at a very steep position.
I think even Hodinkee is sort of a parallel example because they tried to go too up market and now, sort of going back to their roots.

[JacobTab_S_Plus-sgju]

Lange and Patek great but also a bit borring
You need to look at Dornbluth they build you a one of second to none🎉

[v]

Please can you add all the watches he mentions. His pronoun is toon is too difficult to capture . This would greatly improve the video please.

[Timetrends-nt]

What is it he keeps looking at? Doesn't seem very comfortable.

[kabatake]

some stopped listening to ben once hodinkee became commericail